JPH08186696A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To retrieve the contents of a received facsimile or delete a corresponding document from the transmitting side at need when the contents of the received facsimile are still in a state that they can not be confirmed by the addressee. CONSTITUTION: A facsimile receiver 12 is provided with a storage means 40 to store a picture. A facsimile transmitter 11 can request the retrieval or the deletion of the document by informing of the ID of itself and its document management number in respect of the document which is being accumulated in the storage means 40 of the facsimile receiver 12 and does not yet become the state that the addressee can see it. At that time, a communication faculty discriminating means 26 checks whether a receiving side is provided with the faculty of the deletion or not, and a document control processing means makes a document managing means 39 execute the retrieval or the deletion of the corresponding document of the storage means 40.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile device, and more particularly to a facsimile transmitting device or a facsimile receiving device which is effective when the receiving facsimile device is a storage type device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Many facsimile machines have not only a function of simply transmitting while reading an original document and a function of printing on a recording sheet while receiving image information, but also a function of confidential transmission and memory reception. The memory reception function is a function of temporarily storing the received image in a storage device such as a hard disk or a semiconductor memory. Confidential transmission is to send a confidential document (image information) by designating the recipient, and only the recipient at the receiving side retrieves the document (image information) from the storage device and displays the contents on the screen. You can check it by looking at it or printing it on recording paper.

Further, a facsimile machine connected to an information processing device such as a computer or an electronic notebook may have a facsimile box for storing a received image for each individual. In such a facsimile machine, the recipient of the received image directly browses or prints the contents of the facsimile box by directly operating an information processing device such as a computer or an electronic notebook, or an information processing device having a facsimile reception function. can do.

In the facsimile apparatus which temporarily stores the image information as described above, the content of the received image information is finally confirmed by the recipient, but it is not discharged as recording paper until then, or the content is not recorded. You may not be browsing.

[0005]

By the way, in the sending operation of a facsimile, an incorrect image may be sent due to an operation error. In addition, if the document is sent in a hurry, the name of the destination or the unit of the estimated price of the product may be different depending on the sent document. In such a case, it is possible to call the other party and have the received contents canceled, but this cannot be done when the other party is absent.
In addition, it may be difficult for the other party to take such troubles, and it is practically impossible to ask the other party not to look at the received contents, and the received contents may cause trouble later.

In an integrated office system including workstations and office processors, it is possible to send electronic mail between these workstations and office processors. Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 3-2
In such an integrated office system disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 35552, it is possible to cancel the outgoing mail even after the outgoing mail is sent to the receiving side and before it is read by the operator at the receiving side. It is like this. Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-227201 discloses a similar technique in the field of electronic mail.

However, in the field of facsimile machines, since it is usual to output an image or a document in parallel with the reception of the document, such transmission contents cannot be canceled. Further, in the field of facsimile machines, since communication is performed by a predetermined communication protocol, unlike the case of electronic mail, the transmission contents cannot be canceled due to this cause.

Further, in the conventional facsimile apparatus, when the confidential transmission is performed, the document may fall asleep in the storage device without being retrieved. Alternatively, in order to confirm whether the condition has become visible, it is necessary to confirm the recipient by phone or the like. Therefore, when such a confirmation is requested, the recipient has to make an accurate reply to the confirmation, which is complicated.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to enable the other party to check if the content of the received facsimile is not confirmed.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile apparatus that can delete this from the transmitting side as needed.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile apparatus capable of confirming at the receiving side whether or not a transmitted document or image has reached a state where it can be confirmed by the receiving side at the receiving side without bothering the receiving side. To do.

[0011]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, each of (a) a received document storing means for storing received documents and (b) a received document stored in the received document storing means A received document related information storage means that stores information for identifying these and information for identifying the sender of the received document; and (c) a received content output means for printing or displaying the content of the received document, ) Document deletion means for deleting the document printed or displayed by the received content output means from the received document storage means, and (e) When a signal requesting retrieval of the received document is received, the request source is requested. Discriminating means for discriminating whether or not the received document pair is stored in the received document related information storage means,
(F) When the determining means determines that the above-mentioned pair is stored in the received document storage means, the facsimile device is provided with a search result notifying means for notifying that the received document corresponding to the request source is stored. Prepare.

That is, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the facsimile receiving apparatus attempts to respond to the search request from the facsimile transmitting apparatus for the received document stored in its own received document storage means. For each of the received documents stored in the document storage unit, the information for identifying the received document is stored in the received document related information storage unit in comparison with the information for identifying the transmission source. The search result is notified as if the received document is stored in the received document storage means.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, (a) received document storage means for storing received documents, and (b) information for specifying each of the received documents stored in the received document storage means. Received document related information storage means that stores information that identifies the sender of the received document in comparison, (c) received content output means that prints or displays the content of the received document, and (d) this received content output means The document deletion means for deleting the document printed or displayed by the received document storage means, and (e) When the signal requesting the deletion of the received document is received, the pair of the request source and the requested received document are A discriminating means for discriminating whether or not it is stored in the received document related information storage means, and (f) a received document when the discriminating means judges that the above-mentioned pair is stored in the received document storage means. Thereby and a received document deleting means for deleting from the received document storage means to the facsimile apparatus.

That is, according to the second aspect of the present invention, the facsimile receiving apparatus tries to respond to the deletion request from the facsimile transmitting apparatus side with respect to the received document stored in the received document storing means of the facsimile receiving apparatus. For each of the received documents stored in the document storage unit, the information for identifying the received document is stored in the received document related information storage unit in comparison with the information for identifying the transmission source. The received document is deleted from the received document storage means.

According to the third aspect of the invention, (a) a document transmitting means for transmitting the document together with the information for specifying the document;
(B) Retrieval requesting means for specifying a document to the destination of the document transmitted by the document transmitting means by the above-mentioned specifying information and requesting a determination as to whether or not the document is stored in the received document storing means of the destination. And (c) search result receiving means for receiving the search results from the destination requested by the search requesting means, and (d) search result displaying means for displaying the results received by the search result receiving means in the facsimile apparatus. Prepare.

That is, according to the third aspect of the present invention, whether or not the document transmitted by the facsimile transmitting device to the facsimile receiving device remains in the received document storing means, or whether the document stored in the received document storing means of the predetermined facsimile receiving device is It is possible to search whether it is stored. For this reason, the facsimile transmission device sends a document to the facsimile reception device together with the information for specifying the document, and when a search is required, the search is performed by using the specified information as a key and the search result is returned. When I get, I display it.
The display may be a print format or may be a display.

According to the invention described in claim 4, (a) a document transmitting means for transmitting the document together with information for specifying the document,
(B) Retrieval requesting means for specifying a document to the destination of the document transmitted by the document transmitting means by the above-mentioned specifying information and requesting a determination as to whether or not the document is stored in the received document storing means of the destination. And (c) a search result receiving means for receiving the search results from the destination requested by the search requesting means, and (d) a search result displaying means for displaying the results received by the search result receiving means,
(E) When the search result display means confirms that the corresponding document is stored in the destination received document storage means, the facsimile apparatus is provided with a document deletion requesting means for requesting the deletion of the document.

That is, according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, if the document transmitted by the facsimile transmission device to the facsimile reception device is still in the received document storage means, it can be deleted at the request of the facsimile transmission device side. I am able to do it. For this reason, the facsimile sending device sends a document to the facsimile receiving device together with the information for specifying the document, and when the deletion becomes necessary, a request is made with the specified information as a key, and the search result is returned. When it is confirmed that the corresponding document is stored in the received document storage means of the destination, the deletion can be requested to the facsimile receiving apparatus side. .

According to the fifth aspect of the invention, (a) capability determining means for checking whether or not the destination of the transmitted document has a document deleting means for deleting the document stored in the received document storing means by a request (B) When it is confirmed by the search result display means that the corresponding document is stored in the received document storage means of the destination while confirming that the capability discrimination means has the document deletion means, the document And a document deletion requesting means for requesting deletion of the document.

That is, in the invention described in claim 5, when the facsimile receiving apparatus is requested to delete the document, it is possible to judge by the capacity judging means whether or not the apparatus has the capacity to delete the document according to the request. By doing so, unnecessary work for deletion is reduced.

[0021]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to embodiments.

FIG. 1 shows a communication system to which a facsimile apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention is connected. In this communication system, the facsimile transmission device 11 and the facsimile reception device 12 are connected via a public network 13. A normal facsimile device has a transmission function and a reception function, but for the sake of simplicity, the facsimile transmission device 11 will be described as a device having only a transmission function, and the facsimile reception device 12 will have a reception function. As described below. A computer 14 is connected to the facsimile receiver 12.

The facsimile transmission device 11 has a user interface section 21 represented by an operation panel. The communication control unit 22 is based on this control, and the network control unit 23
The storage control unit 24 is controlled.
The communication control unit 22 includes an image information transmitting unit 25 for transmitting image information, a communication capability identifying unit 26 for identifying the communication capability on the receiving side, and a document control requesting unit 27 for requesting control of a document to be transmitted. Is provided, and the storage controller 24
Is provided with a document management means 28 for managing documents and a storage means 29 such as a hard disk for storing documents.

The facsimile receiver 12 also has a user interface section 31 represented by an operation panel. Based on this control, the communication control unit 32 uses the network control unit 3
3. The storage controller 34 is controlled. The printing unit 35 is adapted to obtain image information from the storage control unit 34 and perform printing.

Here, the communication control section 32 includes an image information receiving means 36 for receiving image information, a communication information identifying means 37 for identifying communication information, and a document for controlling the deletion of the received document. Control processing means 38 is provided. The storage control unit 34 also includes a document management unit 39 for managing documents and a storage unit 40 such as a hard disk for storing documents.

Each of the facsimile transmission device 11 and the facsimile reception device 12 having the above-described configurations is equipped with a CPU (central processing unit) (not shown). Then, various controls are performed based on a program stored in a storage device such as a hard disk constituting the storage means 29, 40 to realize the functional configuration as described above.

In such a communication system, the user interface section 21 of the facsimile transmission apparatus 11 is on standby for an operator's instruction. When the operator gives an image transmission instruction, the image transmission instruction 42 is given to the image information transmitting means 25 of the communication control unit 22. Image information transmitting means 25
Upon receiving this image transmission instruction 42, controls the network controller 23 to connect to the facsimile receiving apparatus 12 of the other party through the public network 13.

Thereafter, the facsimile transmission device 11 and the facsimile reception device 12 are connected by the existing connection procedure. In this embodiment, T.T. Connection is made based on 30 recommendations. At this time, an NSF (non-standard function) message is sent from the facsimile receiver 12, and the communication capability identification means 26 analyzes it. Then, when the facsimile transmission device 11 side requests deletion of a predetermined piece of received image information, the facsimile reception device 12 has the ability to delete this (hereinafter referred to as the first ability). Whether or not there is is determined. Then, the result of the capability determination is sent to the image information transmitting means 25 as the capability determination result 43.

The image information transmitting means 25 determines the ability determination result 4
When 3 is received, it is determined whether or not the facsimile receiver 12 has the first capability. When the facsimile receiving device 12 has such a capability, the facsimile transmitting device 11 sets the NSS (non-standard function setting) to the ID number unique to this device and the document management number uniquely assigned to each facsimile transmission. ) Notify the facsimile receiver 12 by putting it in a message. ID here
As the number, for example, the telephone number of the own station can be applied. Then, like the conventional ordinary facsimile apparatus, for example, the T. The transmission processing of the transmission image is performed based on 30 recommendations.

When the transmission process for the transmission image is completed, the facsimile transmission device 11 transmits the transmission result, the transmission time,
A transmission result 45 including the document management number and the capability determination result 43 is created and notified to the document management means 28 of the storage controller 24. The document management means 28 stores this transmission result 45 in the storage means 29.

On the other hand, when the facsimile receiver 12 receives the connection request from the facsimile transmitter 11, the network controller 33 receives the request and notifies the image information receiver 36 in the communication controller 32. Image information receiving means 36
Is the above-mentioned T. Connection processing is performed based on 30 recommendations. At this time, as described above, when the facsimile receiving device 12 has the first capability of erasing the predetermined image information, it notifies the facsimile transmitting device 11 side using the NSF message.

Further, the facsimile receiving device 12 analyzes the NSS message sent from the facsimile transmitting device 11 by the communication information identifying means 37, and the transmitting side makes the second transmission.
It is determined whether or not the person has the ability. Second here
The capability of is a function of receiving information of a received image which is stored in the facsimile receiving device 12 but is not referred to or received, or outputs a command for erasing such a received image. This determination result is sent to the image information receiving means 36 as a capability determination result 47.

The image information receiving means 36 determines the result 4 of the ability determination.
Facsimile transmitter 11 having the second capability when viewing 7
To determine if. Facsimile transmitter 11
Is determined to have the second capability, NS
Document number and facsimile transmitter 11 from S message
The ID number uniquely possessed by is retrieved. Then, as in the case of the conventional facsimile machine, the T. The process of receiving the image information is performed based on the 30 recommendations.

When the image information receiving process is completed, the received document 49 including the received result, the received time, the received document management number and the capability judgment result 43 is notified to the document management means 39 of the storage control unit 34 together with the received image. To be done. The document management means 39 stores the received document 49 and the received image in the storage means 4
Store in 0.

These facsimile image transmission / reception procedures are based on an application of a method of extending the function of a conventional facsimile apparatus as an original specification. Therefore, even a conventional facsimile apparatus can be used by adding it to its original specifications, and it does not prevent the application of the original specifications.

After the image information is stored in the facsimile receiver 12, the received image stored in the storage means 40 is retrieved by an operation of the operator using the user interface section 31 or an instruction from the computer 14. . In such a case, the storage means 4
The received image is taken out from 0 and printed by the printing unit 35, or the content of the received image is transmitted to the computer 14. When printing or transmission is performed, the corresponding image signal image in the storage unit 40 is deleted, and the corresponding received document 49 is also deleted from the storage unit 40.

At a time point before the corresponding received image is received by the receiving side, the received image accumulated in the accumulating means 40 can be deleted by the operation on the side of the facsimile transmission device 11. This is effective when the operator on the transmission side notices an error in the original or an error in the transmission operation and cancels the transmitted content. This will be described next.

In the facsimile transmission device 11, when it is desired to cancel the transmitted contents, the operator uses the user interface section 21 to give the transmission image deletion instruction 51 to the document control request means 27. When the document control request means 27 receives the transmission image deletion instruction 51, it controls the network control unit 23 to perform the T.S. Based on the recommendation of 30, the connection processing with the facsimile receiving device 12 which is the target of the document deletion is performed. Then, the communication capability identification means 2
6 determines whether or not the facsimile receiver 12 has the above-mentioned first capability, and sends the capability determination result 52 as a result to the document control requesting means 27.

When the document control requesting means 27 judges from the capability judgment result 52 that the corresponding facsimile receiver 12 has the first capability, the document control mode is sent to this facsimile receiver 12. To move to N
Notify by putting it in the SS message. In other cases, that is, when the corresponding facsimile receiving apparatus 12 does not have the first capability, the document cannot be deleted, and the line is disconnected because the capability does not match.

The document control request means 27 of the facsimile transmission device 11 is an NS indicating that the mode is changed to the document control mode.
When the response to the S message is returned, the transmission result information based on the transmission image deletion instruction 51 is obtained from the document management means 28 of the storage means 29. Then, in order to check whether or not the transmission image of the document management number in the transmission result information remains without being referred to or accepted by the recipient in the corresponding facsimile receiving apparatus 12, the image remaining confirmation request 54 is network-controlled. The data is transmitted to the facsimile receiving device 12 via the unit 23.

When the result 55 is sent from the corresponding facsimile receiver 12, the document control request means 27 notifies the user interface section 21 of the result 55.
It is assumed that the corresponding image remains in the facsimile receiver 12 and the operator inputs a deletion confirmation instruction from the user interface unit 21. In this case, the document control request means 27 sends to the facsimile receiving apparatus 12 a deletion request 56 requesting deletion of the transmission image of the corresponding document management number. Then, this deletion request 56
Upon receipt of a response 57 from the facsimile receiver 12 to the facsimile receiver 12, the document control requesting means 27 sends the T.S. The process shifts to the phase E of the 30 recommendation, and DCN (line disconnection command) is transmitted to disconnect the line.

When the above work is performed, the network control unit 33 notifies the image information receiving unit 36 in the communication control unit 32 of the connection request from the facsimile transmission device 11 in the facsimile reception device 12 as in the case of receiving an image. To do. The image information receiving means 36 performs the same connection processing as when receiving the image. At this time, the NSS obtained from the facsimile transmission device 11
The communication information identification means 37 analyzes the message. Then, when the facsimile transmission device 11 has the second capability and the information indicating the shift to the document control mode is added to the NSS message, the control is shifted to the document control processing means 38. .

The document control processing means 38 receives, from the document management means 39 of the storage control section 34, information as to whether or not a received image remains in accordance with the image remaining confirmation request 54 and the deletion request 56 obtained from the facsimile transmission device 11. Here, the image remaining confirmation request 54 is a signal requesting confirmation of whether or not the received image having the specific document management number remains without being referred to or received by the recipient,
The deletion request 56 is a signal requesting deletion of the received image of a specific document management number. Then, the result 55 is notified to the facsimile transmission device 11, or the document management means 39 is requested to delete, and the received images accumulated in the accumulating means 40 are deleted.

By this series of processes, if the facsimile sending apparatus 11 terminates the sending of an image and then finds an error or an operation error in the original document, it must be before the recipient refers to or picks up the error. For example, the transmitted image can be deleted without the recipient being aware of it.

Further, the control for confirming whether or not the transmitted image has already been referred to or received by the recipient is carried out when the transmitted image of the specific document number generated during the procedure of deleting the transmitted image is received by facsimile. Device 12
It can be realized by performing the same process as the process up to notifying the user interface unit 21 of the result 55 with respect to the image remaining confirmation request 54 as to whether or not the image remains without being referred to or collected by the recipient.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart when image deletion is required.
Between the facsimile transmitter and the facsimile receiver
This is a representation of the control described above. Time
Tick t ₁The facsimile transmitter 11 sends a line connection request to
Time t₂When the line is connected to the
The transmitter 11 sends out a CNG (ring tone) and sends a fax.
The simulator 12 receives the CED (Called Locality)
Other), NSF, CSI (callee identification), DIS (data
Digital identification signal).

Next, the facsimile transmission device 11 makes the TSI
(Sending terminal identification) and NSS (non-standard function setting) are transmitted, and subsequently a deletion request 56 and an image remaining confirmation request 54 are made. In response to this, the facsimile receiver 12 returns a result 55 and a response 57 to these. The deletion request 56, the image remaining confirmation request 54, the result 55 and the response 57 to these are repeated as many times as necessary.
After this, the DCN (line disconnection command) is sent from the facsimile transmission device 11, and the line is disconnected at time t ₃ thereafter.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, according to the existing communication protocol, the documents sent from the facsimile transmission device 11 are still stored in the storage means 40 on the side of the facsimile reception device 12 and can be seen by the recipient. You can delete those that are not.

In the embodiment described above, the operator decides to search or delete the transmitted image through the user interface section 21. If a computer is connected to the facsimile transmission device 11,
Needless to say, such a request for image search or image deletion can be realized by operating this computer.

Further, in the embodiment, the facsimile receiver 12
Although the recipient decides to delete the predetermined image without being aware of it, the recipient may be notified of the facts about the deletion or the replacement with the image transmitted later. Further, in the embodiment, the facsimile transmission device 11 and the facsimile reception device 12 are connected by the public network, but it goes without saying that the connection is not limited to listening. Further, in the embodiment, T.T. Although an example based on 30 recommendations has been shown, it goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to this.

[0051]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the invention, the received document is stored in the received document storage means in the facsimile apparatus as the facsimile receiving apparatus having the received document storage means for storing the received document. A received document related information storage means is provided for storing information for identifying each of the received documents and information for identifying the sender of the received document. Therefore, when the signal requesting the retrieval of the received document is received, it is possible to check whether or not the corresponding received document exists in the received document storage means by checking the received document related information. Therefore, even if there is a possibility of forgetting to pull out the document such as a confidential document, the sender can confirm whether the document remains without asking the recipient. Therefore, there is an effect that the sender can independently confirm whether the document is in a state that the recipient can see.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, in the facsimile device as the facsimile receiving device having the received document storing means for storing the received documents, the received documents stored in the received document storing means are respectively received. A received document related information storage means for storing information for identifying these and information for identifying the sender of the received document is prepared. Therefore, when a signal requesting deletion of a received document is received, it is possible to check whether or not the corresponding received document exists in the received document storage means by checking the received document related information, and the sender sends In the case of a registered document, this can be deleted from the received document storage means. Therefore, if there is a mistake in the transmitted document or there is a problem with the transmitted image due to an abnormality in the machine or transmission path, delete it if it is still stored in the received document storage means. By sending the correct document again, it is possible to prevent unnecessary printing of unnecessary documents or transmission of incorrect information to the recipient.

Further, according to the third aspect of the invention, the facsimile device as the facsimile transmission device is made to transmit the document and the information for specifying the document. After the document has been sent, it is possible to request whether or not the document remains in the received document storage means of the facsimile receiving device by using the information for identifying the document as a key. If there is some defect such as partial error, the correct or normal document can be re-sent or corrected by telephone etc. without bothering the operator or recipient of the facsimile receiver. It is possible to notify and improve the reliability of the transmitted document.

According to the fourth aspect of the invention, the facsimile device as the facsimile transmission device is made to transmit the document and the information for specifying the document. After the document is sent, it is possible to request whether the document remains in the received document storage means of the facsimile receiving device by using the information for identifying the document as a key, and the search result is sent. When it is confirmed that the corresponding document is stored in the destination received document storage means, the deletion of the document can be requested.

Since the search result is displayed once and the corresponding document can be deleted when necessary, the risk of erroneous deletion of the document is reduced. Further, since the predetermined received document can be deleted on the side of the facsimile transmission device without any trouble on the side of the facsimile reception device, it is applicable without imposing any burden on the reception side and without making the recipient aware. There is an advantage that the document can be deleted.

Further, according to the fifth aspect of the invention, when the facsimile receiving apparatus is requested to delete the document, it is judged by the capacity judging means whether or not the apparatus has the capacity to delete the document according to the request. Therefore, it is possible to reduce unnecessary work for deletion.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a facsimile communication system using a facsimile apparatus of this embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a timing chart showing a state of control between a facsimile transmission device and a facsimile reception device when image deletion is required.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 Facsimile Transmitter 12 Facsimile Receiver 14 Computer 21, 31 User Interface Unit 22, 32 Communication Control Unit 23, 33 Network Control Unit 24, 34 Storage Control Unit 25 Image Information Transmission Means 26 Communication Capability Identification Means 27 Document Control Request Means 28 , 39 document managing means 29, 40 accumulating means 35 printing section 36 image information receiving means 37 communication information identifying means 38 document control processing means

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A received document storage means for storing received documents, and information for specifying each of the received documents stored in the received document storage means and information for specifying a sender of the received document are compared. The received document-related information storage means stored in memory, the received content output means for printing or displaying the content of the received document, and the document printed or displayed by the received content output means is deleted from the received document storage means. Document deleting means, and a judging means for judging whether a pair of a request source and a requested received document is stored in the received document related information storage means when a signal requesting retrieval of the received document is received, When the determination means determines that the pair is stored in the received document storage means, a notification is sent to notify that the received document corresponding to the request source is stored. Facsimile apparatus characterized by comprising the result notifying unit. 2. A received document storage means for storing received documents, and information specifying each of the received documents stored in the received document storage means and information specifying the source of the received document are compared. The received document-related information storage means stored in memory, the received content output means for printing or displaying the content of the received document, and the document printed or displayed by the received content output means is deleted from the received document storage means. Document deleting means, and a judging means for judging whether a pair of a request source and a requested received document is stored in the received document related information storage means when a signal requesting deletion of the received document is received, When the determination means determines that the pair is stored in the received document storage means, the received document deletion means for deleting the received document from the received document storage means. Facsimile apparatus characterized by comprising and. 3. A document transmitting means for transmitting a document together with information for identifying the document, and a destination document to which the document is transmitted by the information for identifying the destination of the document transmitted by the document transmitting means. Search request means for requesting determination as to whether or not it is stored in the storage means, search result receiving means for receiving search results from the destination requested by this search request means, and display of results received by this search result receiving means And a search result display means for performing the same. 4. A document transmitting means for transmitting a document together with information for specifying the document, and a destination document to which the document is transmitted by the information for specifying the destination of the document transmitted by the document transmitting means. Search request means for requesting determination as to whether or not it is stored in the storage means, search result receiving means for receiving search results from the destination requested by this search request means, and display of results received by this search result receiving means Search result display means, and document deletion request means for requesting deletion of the document when it is confirmed by the search result display means that the corresponding document is stored in the destination received document storage means. A facsimile device characterized by the above. 5. A capability discriminating means for checking whether or not the destination of the transmitted document has a document deleting means for deleting the document stored in said received document accumulating means upon request, and this capability discriminating means is a document. Document deletion requesting means for requesting deletion of the document when it is confirmed by the search result display means that the corresponding document is stored in the received document storage means of the destination in the state of having the deletion means. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising: